Delphic Women Series
Written by Kerry Greenwood
Narrated by Deryn Edwards, Simon Mattacks and Lucy Scott
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About this series
Electra is forced to flee her home after witnessing the shocking revenge-murder of her father, by her mother, on his return from the Trojan War._x000D_
Life beyond the palace is frightening, and the scandalous behaviour of her foreign companions disturbs her, but she needs the help of the Trojan Cassandra, and her two lovers, to survive._x000D_
Driven by her own desire for vengeance, Electra's life becomes one of adventure, peril, pleasure, tragedy and love.
Titles in the series (3)
- Medea
1
Sorceress, Princess of Colchis, Securer of the Golden Fleece._x000D_ Medea - her very name is a byword for infamy. Legend has it that she murdered her own children for revenge._x000D_ But love in Ancient Greece was often a dangerous game; and legends are not always what they seem._x000D_ Medea, devoted wife of Jason, was also a loving mother, a loyal friend of Herakles and a brave adventurer with the Argonauts._x000D_ A woman both betrayer and betrayed, the real story of Medea is strange, sensual and heroic.
- Cassandra
2
Princess of Troy, sister of Hector and Paris, Priestess of Apollo._x000D_ Blessed by the Sun God with the gift of prophecy, and then - for rejecting his advances - cursed by him to never be believed._x000D_ Diomenes, the enemy Achaean with the healing hands, and Cassandra become puppets of the gods. Their passions are thwarted, their gifts rendered useless for the sake of a wager between two immortals._x000D_ And now doomed, magnificent Troy is burning._x000D_ If Cassandra and Diomenes find each other, can their love survive the games of malicious gods, victorious warriors and hated kings?
- Electra
3
Princess of Mycenae, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, sister of the sacrificed Iphigenia and the cursed Orestes._x000D_ Electra is forced to flee her home after witnessing the shocking revenge-murder of her father, by her mother, on his return from the Trojan War._x000D_ Life beyond the palace is frightening, and the scandalous behaviour of her foreign companions disturbs her, but she needs the help of the Trojan Cassandra, and her two lovers, to survive._x000D_ Driven by her own desire for vengeance, Electra's life becomes one of adventure, peril, pleasure, tragedy and love.
Kerry Greenwood
Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has degrees in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written three series, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D’Arcy, is an award-winning children’s writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written twenty books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. In 2003 Kerry won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Association.
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